Refurbishing the Labyrinth
Karl Gunter
The structures are all ephemeral and quickly begin to change; and of course, the cascade in the labyrinth is subject to that as well, perhaps more so because of its nature.
Here is what it looked like very early in construction and on completion of the first stage:
Early days of the labyrinth.
The waves incorporate elements of the Fibonacci sequence.
The Sufis talk about ‘right time, right circumstances, right people’ and this reflects on things as well and was useful to remind me that care also needs to be taken in how factors like these come together in different ways.
In a similar vein, I had considered several things regarding the labyrinth - the circumstances meant that an area became available, the time was right because I was there to do it, and the trees being felled provided the ‘right people’ for the job… What I hadn’t considered was how much interest would be shown in the labyrinth by humans!
So, weathering and other factors called for an ‘adaptive’ approach - the question was, as Claire put it, is this a Sisyphean task? Hopefully more than that… is it the journey, the destination or something else? Anyway, I decided to go for something a little more robust with the labyrinth refurbishment. The general growth and regeneration in the wood this year has been phenomenal!
The central cascade of the labyrinth looking a little tired…
The labyrinth cascade refurbished.